Balgarianovinite.com Following the swearing-in ceremony of caretaker Prime Minister Andrey Gurov and his cabinet before the National Assembly on Thursday, political reactions from the parliamentary forces ensued. President Iliana Iotova, who attended the ceremony, also commented to the media.
“I have no way of raising objections to the composition of the caretaker cabinet, because it is not my choice,” Iotova said. She added that she does have certain reservations about some of the members of the cabinet and while she is aware of the political affiliations of some of its members, she places trust in their professional experience.
Representatives of GERB-UDF said they disagreed with claims that President Iliana Iotova bears no responsibility for the caretaker government. “With regard to the prime minister, we agree that the choice was limited, but as for the composition of the cabinet, we cannot agree that Iotova carries no responsibility,” GERB-UDF Deputy Floor Leader Denitsa Sacheva told reporters in Parliament on Thursday.
Speaking at GERB’s headquarters later on Thursday, party leader Boyko Borissov said, “From this point on, the government is entirely Ms. Iotova’s responsibility and there is no backing out.” The caretaker government must ensure fair elections, he added. Commenting on Deputy Prime Minister for Fair Elections Stoil Tzitzelkov, Borissov described the appointment as “a major misstep on the part of caretaker Prime Minister Andrey Gurov and President Iotova.“ “If it is true that he has been banned by the EU from serving as an election observer in other countries for five years, that is a very serious sanction,” Borissov said.
Movement for Rights and Freedoms (MRF) – New Beginning Floor Leader Delyan Peevski gave a statement for the party’s press centre on Thursday that they do not support the oath of office of the “Iotova-Soros-Petrohan” caretaker Cabinet. According to Peevski, this is not an oath of “servants of the people”, but rather “hypocrisy and betrayal”. He stated that they will not support those, whose protections harmed Bulgaria’s children.
There Is Such a People (TISP) again tied the new government to the Petrohan crime case, echoing allegations circulated on Wednesday by TISP itself, Vazrazhdane and MRF-New Beginning. Reading a declaration on behalf of his parliamentary group on Thursday, TISP Floor Leader Toshko Yordanov said that “the ministers of the ‘Petrohan cabinet’ will take the oath without shame, without remorse and without a gram of conscience.”
TISP Deputy Floor Leader Stanislav Balabanov speaking to reporters in the parliamentary lobby said that at the time of his oath, Gurov had not submitted his resignation as deputy governor of the Bulgarian National Bank (BNB), as required by law.
Following Balabanov’s statement, National Assembly Chair Raya Nazaryan announced that Parliament had received a letter from caretaker Prime Minister Gurov, stating that taking into consideration his appointment as a Caretaker Prime Minister, he hands in his letter of resignation as BNB deputy governor.
Continue the Change – Democratic Bulgaria MP Stoyu Stoev explained to journalists that there is no issue with Andrey Gurov’s resignation as BNB deputy governor. He pointed out that the majority, with the exception of TISP, had united around the opinion of National Assembly Chair Raya Nazarian that Gurov’s powers as deputy governor of the BNB had been terminated by law upon his appointment as caretaker prime minister.
Commenting on the composition of the new caretaker cabinet, Radostin Vasilev, Chair of MECh, said that the line-up contained what he described as “shocking names” that could not receive his party’s backing. Vasilev singled out Stoil Tzitzelkov, noting that he had previously been arrested in connection with alcohol and drugs. He called on caretaker Prime Minister Andrey Gurov to immediately dismiss Tzitzelkov from his post as minister and deputy prime minister responsible for ensuring fair elections. He added that MECh would also not support Nadezhda Neynsky, Atanas Zapryanov, Hasan Ademov, Georgi Klisurski, Michail Okoliyski, Traicho Traikov, Korman Ismailov, Georgi Sharkov, and Irena Georgieva. Politicians React after Swearing-in Ceremony of Caretaker PM Andrey Gurov and His Cabinet 2026 THE NEWS FROM BULGARIA – NEWS AGENCY 2009-2025 2026-02-19 17:42:00 Latest news World news Country news Most important news latest news most important latest of the day Justice Petar Nizamov Feathers Petar Nizamov- Feathers Justice bg iustitia.bg iustitia iusticia usticia investigation Burgas Bulgaria news news of the last hour news of the day news of today Bulgaria news The news from Bulgaria blitz news top news most important most commented latest news Boyko Borisov news weather coronavirus news news weather facebook youtube facebook instagram news today news of the last minutes news today today news news bg news leading news hot news bg news site for news all news news bg news of the last hour latest latest news bg news of today news today news today news of the last hour latest news today news bg news news 24 hours news vesti bg novini news world bird bg bivol bg bivol trud bg novini latest news today novinite bg news hello bulgaria political party coat of arms delyan peevski scandalous Bulgarian National Television Free Europe Television scandal exclusive live tv live right now tv tv online tv program bg live now tv news online tv online live court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas court Burgas district court Burgas district court Burgas appellate court Burgas prosecutor Burgas prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Burgas district prosecutor’s office Prosecutor General Ivan Geshev Prosecutor Geshev Tsatsarov Ministry of Internal Affairs Burgas ODMR Burgas ODPR Burgas police Burgas district police Burgas prosecutor Tsatsarov SGS cases Varna court chairman of the SGS court decisions on civil cases decisions on cases Plovdiv court decision of the court decisions cases Varna court criminal cases district district court decisions work in the court SGS chairman of the SGS judges Sofia court post judges Plovdiv court Plovdiv judges Plovdiv Supreme Court Inspectorate Supreme Court Supreme Judicial Council lawyer lawyer criminal cases lawyer civil cases lawyer marriage cases lawyer administrative criminal law criminal process civil law civil process administrative law constitutional law